Freshwater: Easy Lemon Madelines

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Easy Lemon Madelines

I got a madeiline pan last year, because I had this big idea for my cookie jar for this year's fair (yes, the one that got canceled). I was going to paint my jar blue, decoupage an antique Patisserie label, and fill it with only French cookies. Last year's jar won a Judge's Choice Award and the whole contest was a lot of fun.

I had a really hard time finding this recipe when I went back to look for it so I could give credit to the original author. It was shared in an email newsletter by author Amanda Flower.

Easy Lemon Madeleines

Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar

2/3 sticks of unsalted butter

2 eggs

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 lemon, juiced and zested

Powder sugar

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and butter and flour madeleine molds.

2) In a large bowl, mix sugar, eggs, and butter. After these three ingredients are well blended add flour, baking powder, lemon, vanilla.

3) Spoon batter into molds 3/4 full. Bake 10 minutes at 375 degrees F.

4) Remove from molds and cool on a rack.

5) While still warm, dust with powder sugar if desired.

They were actually fairly easy to make. I think I filled my molds a little too full, and I also bought some of the baking spray with the flour in it for next time I make these, because I think it will help the design show better when they come out of the pan.

And of course, my handsome helper!

Here's another batch I made later on this week, but this time I used the flour spray, the Ninja with the dough blade, and filled the cups less full...and I had helpers.